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After 5 days in a row of not being able to get a delivery slot for another grocer, I used a similar tool. Even with the help of the tool polling the website eve
by lend000 7y ago
After 5 days in a row of not being able to get a delivery slot for another grocer, I used a similar tool. Even with the help of the tool polling the website every minute, the slot filled before I was able to complete the order the first few times. So at this point, it's clear that only coders are able to get online grocery delivery from the store I use.
If there was a way to reserve delivery slots for the elderly and at-risk, that would be great, but otherwise I see no problem with technically savvy people having an advantage here, if the alternative is requiring people to do manual polling and waste time. Those slots are going to go to somebody. Perhaps some limit to one delivery per week per account to encourage people to order more efficiently. Eventually, delivery capacity will ramp up to satisfy demand regardless.
- gamblor956 7y agoSome grocery stores have implemented anti bot mechanisms as a result of earlier articles in the news about people using bots to claim delivery slots. In a nutshell, more than x number of requests over an unknown period and you get flagged (wherever you are using a bot or just an over eager human).